Cream soft fat and sugar. Add eggs, almonds, lemon peel, rum and cream. Sift the flour and stir in 2/3 of it by the spoonful. Mix the rest with the baking powder and knead in.
Chill the dough for about 20 minutes. Roll out on a floured baking board about 1 cm thick and cut into drop-shaped cookies with almond shapes (available in stores). Heat the cooking fat in a high pan or deep fryer to 175 ° C and fry the almonds in portions. Drain and dust with icing sugar
Preparation time 40 minutes (without waiting time)